2008-2009:中国城市外贸竞争力白皮书

2008-2009 White Paper on Foreign Trade Competitiveness of Chinese Cities

一座城市的外贸生态,在很大程度上反映了这座城市的发展模式。就中国国情而言,外贸依然是拉动经济腾飞的捷径之一。在经历了改革开放以来最为剧烈的外部市场动荡后,中国的外贸城市或许能够更加清醒地认识自身的短长,也能够更为精准地把握未来的走向。

China's foreign trade suffered a lot in 2008 from the global financial crisis and economic downturn.Most cities in the country felt the stress as overseas markets weakened continuously.But the economic turmoil also brought about a pleasing byproduct:it reduced the trade imbalance between various districts of China. The pioneers of Chinese foreign trade were the first to be hit by the turmoil.In the fourth quarter of 2008,the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, which has played a leading role in Chinese development since 1978,saw a year-on-year decline of 6.5%in its foreign trade.The Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone, another primary economic district located in Southeast China,also decreased by 4.4%compared with the year before. This provided a chance for the other parts of the nation to narrow the development gap between them and those two pioneering zones.The Circum-Bohai-Sea Region, Shandong Peninsula,and Liaodong Peninsula tried to reduce the administrative barriers between them and to enhance their cooperation. Other regions also strived. The foreign trade competitiveness of cities around China varied accordingly.Though nearly 40%of the top 100 competitive cities are in the two pioneering regions,cities in other districts proved to be growing up.The regional foreign trade structure within China will be more balanced in the future.